Despite being a fan of Jang keun Suk's, I can't add more stars.
The movie is well made. It has everything that should be there. But it remains plain, flat, with just a little highlight, half a twist, in the end. It didn't grab me.
JKS, his beautiful face and his astonishing acting skills brought me there. But what I saw was an American who didn't sound like one, and a guy who barely acted at all. He was almost invisible.
In this movie, no one (except the black guy) sounds like English is their mother language. It's really annoying and I think it hampered the performances. It's like listening to your GPS.
I would have expected at least some body language from JKS. No such thing. Maybe because his character is supposedly a psychopath who can't feel anything and doesn't care about anything. He does come to life when he demonstrates in which manner the victim was stabbed. And in the end, when he leaves, after showing his true colors, there is this smirk. This may have been the director's choice, or a will to stick to the real defendant's behavior.
Still. Watch Dexter. And then come back to this. You'll see what I mean. Most psychopaths know how to fake feelings and actually feel proud for fooling everybody. JKS could have done this easily. He's maybe the best actor I've seen on a screen. If the director wanted a statue or if JKS's English wasn't good enough, then they should have chosen someone else.
A pity. This role wasn't for him.
The movie is well made. It has everything that should be there. But it remains plain, flat, with just a little highlight, half a twist, in the end. It didn't grab me.
JKS, his beautiful face and his astonishing acting skills brought me there. But what I saw was an American who didn't sound like one, and a guy who barely acted at all. He was almost invisible.
In this movie, no one (except the black guy) sounds like English is their mother language. It's really annoying and I think it hampered the performances. It's like listening to your GPS.
I would have expected at least some body language from JKS. No such thing. Maybe because his character is supposedly a psychopath who can't feel anything and doesn't care about anything. He does come to life when he demonstrates in which manner the victim was stabbed. And in the end, when he leaves, after showing his true colors, there is this smirk. This may have been the director's choice, or a will to stick to the real defendant's behavior.
Still. Watch Dexter. And then come back to this. You'll see what I mean. Most psychopaths know how to fake feelings and actually feel proud for fooling everybody. JKS could have done this easily. He's maybe the best actor I've seen on a screen. If the director wanted a statue or if JKS's English wasn't good enough, then they should have chosen someone else.
A pity. This role wasn't for him.